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265 Sturry Road
Canterbury
Above photo, circa 1913, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Showing what is
probably the Buffs going back to their barracks in Northgate. |
Above photo, circa 1951, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. A pre-demolition
photo, showing Temperance Place, 267 to 273, Sturry Road, with 265, the
Rising Sun, on the far left. The four properties to be demolished, as
part of the Council's slum clearance plan, were c.1800 timber-framed,
weather-boarded houses, of a style which was relatively unusual for
Canterbury. Perhaps rather appropriately, given the nature of the 1889
article, when the Rising Sun closed in 1975, it went on to become (and
remains to this day) a refuge and hostel for women fleeing domestic
violence and abuse. |
Above photograph taken by Edward Wilmot in 1965. |
Above photo, date unknown kindly supplied by Bill Garnet. |
Rising Sun sign July 1975.
Above with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com |
Above map, 1896, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Originally the "Bricklayers
Arms" the premises was purchased by Rigdens brewery with other property
for £3,500 in 1887.
The building was rebuilt in 1888 at a cost of £1,086 but burnt down on 17
Martch
1907 and was rebuilt again for £867. After the second rebuilding, the name
was the "Rising Sun."
In March 1915 the Licensee was cautioned by the Chief Constable for
serving soldiers with excessive quantities of drink.
In October 1975 the brewery Secretary took over the licence but the
premises remained closed in 1978 the building was taken over by Woman's Aid
as a refuge for battered wives.
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From the Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 26 October, 1889.
A WIFE BEATER.
William, Taylor was charged with assaulting his wife, Jane Elizibeth
Florence Taylor.
Prisoner pleaded guilty.
Prosecutrix stated that her husband seized
her by the throat, and bit her. He had shamefully and cruelly
ill-treated her for the last ten years, during which time she had
wholly and solely kept him by carrying on a public-house (the
"Rising Sun," Sturry Road). Defendant was vary much addicted to
drink, and she had had to shut herself up to get out of his way. She
was suffering from a bad leg, and the treatment she received was
killing her by inches. Her husband was a tailor by trade.
Prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done.
The Chairman said prisoner had pleaded guilty to a most cowardly and
aggravated assault, and he would be sentenced to three months' hard
labour, and at the expiration of that term to be bound over to keep
the peace for six months. |
LICENSEE LIST
HAMMOND Mrs Elizabeth 1882+
TAYLOR Jane Elizabeth Florence 1889+
PIERCE Walter A 1891+ (age 27 in 1891 )
TRITTON Thomas 1901-03+ (age 36 in 1901)
 
LEGGE Henry Thomas 1911-13+ (age 58 in 1911)
CORDERY William 1922+
VANE Robert 1930+
MEREDEW Sidney 1938+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/RisingSun.shtml
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the Post Office Directory 1882
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the Post Office Directory 1891
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the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
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the Post Office Directory 1913
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the Post Office Directory 1922
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the Post Office Directory 1930
From
the Post Office Directory 1938
Census
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